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= Schedule = '''NOTE''' This section may be modified throughout the course to meet the class's needs. Check back in weekly. == Week 1: Introductions and the network perspective == January 11 '''Assignment Due:''' * [[/Discord Signup|Sign up for Discord]] and introduce yourself * Take [https://forms.gle/NkSoxRDc9H3R9Ugb8 this very brief survey] '''Required Readings:''' * None '''Concepts:''' * Class overview and expectations — We'll walk through this syllabus. * What are social networks? * Why study networks? January 13 '''Assignment Due:''' * Read the entire syllabus (this document) '''Readings:''' '''Class Schedule:''' * Network simulation activity (bring a computer) * Start work on [[/Homework 1|Homework 1]] == Week 2: Network representations == January 18 '''Assignment Due (on Monday):''' * Install R and RStudio on your computer. [https://techvidvan.com/tutorials/install-r/ This tutorial] should help you to succeed. * [[Communication and Social Networks (Spring 2022)/Homework 1|Homework 1]] * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] (Due Monday at noon!) '''Lecture Video (before class):''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162331/View Network Data and Network Types Lecture] [19:18] '''Readings (before class):''' * James M. Cook, [http://www.umasocialmedia.com/socialnetworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/WhatIsASocialNetwork.pdf What is a Social Network?] * James M. Cook, [http://www.umasocialmedia.com/socialnetworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IndividualsVersusNetworks.pdf Individuals versus Networks] * (Optional/skim) Freeman, L. C. (2000). [https://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume1/Freeman.html Visualizing social networks]. Journal of social structure, 1(1), 4. '''Concepts:''' * Complex systems and networks * Individual and collective behavior January 20 '''Class Schedule:''' * Go through [https://ncase.me/polygons/ Parable of the Polygons] by Nicky Case * Start work on [[/R Lab 1|R Lab 1]] == Week 3: How are communication networks formed? == January 25 '''Assignment Due (on Monday):''' * [[/R Lab 1|R Lab 1]] * [[#Discussion_Questions|Discussion Questions]] '''Lecture Video:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162333/View Tie Formation] [12:43] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_3/lecture/tie_formation.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * Feld, S. L. (1981). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2778746 The focused organization of social ties]. American Journal of Sociology, 86(5), 1015–1035. * McPherson, M., Smith-Lovin, L., & Cook, J. M. (2001). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2678628 Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks]. Annual Review of Sociology, 27, 415–444. * [Optional] Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. S. (2003). Theories of communication networks. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. (pp. 298--314) - On Brightspace under Content > Readings ''Note:'' This week involves reading two academic articles. [[#Reading_Academic_Articles|Read this]] to understand my expectations and some tips for reading and understanding these articles. '''Concepts:''' * Exposure, formation, maintenance, decay * Homophily * Reciprocity * Triadic closure * [https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_3/lecture/week_3.html Class Slides] January 27 '''Supplementary R lectures (watch before class):''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162335/View Why R + Programming principles lecture] [12:53] '''Class Schedule:''' * R Lab 2 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_4/creating_networks.Rmd Creating Networks] == Week 4: Small group networks == February 1 '''Assignment Due:''' * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] * R Lab 2 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_4/creating_networks.Rmd Creating Networks] (right-click, save to your computer, and open in RStudio) ** [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/Home Homework explanation video] '''Lecture video:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162343/View Networks in small groups] [14:43] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_4/lecture/small_groups.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * Krackhardt, D., & Hanson, J. R. (1993). [https://hbr.org/1993/07/informal-networks-the-company-behind-the-chart Informal networks: The company behind the chart]. Harvard business review, 71(4), 104-111. * Katz, N., Lazer, D., Arrow, H., & Contractor, N. (2004). [https://libkey.io/libraries/228/articles/5387888/full-text-file?utm_source=api_559 Network theory and small groups]. Small Group Research, 35(3), 307–332. '''Concepts:''' * Informal networks * Networks and group outcomes February 3 * Work on R Lab 3 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_5/mutating_and_filtering.Rmd Mutating and filtering] == Week 5: Ego networks and network perception == February 8 '''Assignment Due:''' * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] * R Lab 3 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_5/mutating_and_filtering.Rmd Mutating and Filtering] * Turn in your [[Self Assessment Reflection]] on Brightspace '''Lecture:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162334/View Ego networks and network perceptions lecture] [17:14] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_5/lecture/ego_nets.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * Hanneman, R. A., & Riddle, M. (2005). Introduction to social network methods. University of California. ([https://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/C9_Ego_networks.html Chapter 9]) - Just read the first 2 sections - Introduction and Ego Network Data * Marsden, P. V. (1987). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2095397 Core Discussion Networks of Americans]. American Sociological Review, 52(1), 122–131. * Pentland, A.S. (2016). [https://hbr.org/2016/05/research-you-have-fewer-friends-than-you-think Research: You Have Fewer Friends than You Think]. (2016, May 12). Harvard Business Review. * Smith, E. B., Menon, T., & Thompson, L. (2012). [https://pubsonline-informs-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1287/orsc.1100.0643 Status Differences in the Cognitive Activation of Social Networks]. Organization Science, 23(1), 67–82. February 10 '''Class Schedule:''' * Ego Network Activity * R Lab 4 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_6/ggraph_intro.Rmd R Intro to ggraph] == Week 6: Power, centrality, and hierarchy == February 15 '''Assignment Due:''' * R Lab 4 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_6/ggraph_intro.Rmd R Intro to ggraph] * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] '''Video lecture:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162344/View Power, centrality, and hierarchy] [18:44] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_6/lecture/centrality.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * Hanneman, R. A., & Riddle, M. (2005). Introduction to social network methods. [https://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/C10_Centrality.html Chapter 10: Centrality and Power] * Healy, K. (2013). [https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metadata-to-find-paul-revere/ Using Metadata to find Paul Revere]. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0unzqsPaPk8 Centrality measures]. Matthew Jackson. From [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCnG8fKY45aH73ahmGK2xcg Social and Economic Networks course] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8oBWwS2wAQ Centrality Eigenvector Measures]. Matthew Jackson * (Optional) Holliday, Audrey, Campbell, & Moore, (2016). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898141/ Identifying well-connected opinion leaders for informal health promotion] '''Class Schedule:''' February 17 '''Class Schedule:''' * R Lab 5 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_7/aesthetics.Rmd Aesthetics in ggraph] == Week 7: Social Capital, structural holes, and weak ties == February 22 '''Assignment Due:''' * R Lab 5 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_7/aesthetics.Rmd Aesthetics in ggraph] * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] '''Lecture Video:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162337/View Capital and Social Capital] [16:02] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_7/lecture/social_capital.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * Granovetter, M. S. (1973). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2776392?sid=primo&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents The Strength of Weak Ties]. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360–1380. https://doi.org/10.1086/225469 * Kadushin, C. (2012). [https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/purdue/reader.action?docID=829477&ppg=175 Networks as Social Capital], in Kadushin, C. (2012). Understanding Social Networks. Theories, Concepts and Findings. Oxford: Oxford University Press. * Putnam, R.D. (1995). [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/16643 Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital]. Journal of Democracy 6(1), 65-78. * (Optional) Bourdieu, P. (1986). [https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/bourdieu-forms-capital.htm The forms of capital]. In J. Richardson (Ed.) Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education (New York, Greenwood), 241-258. * (Optional) Rainie, L. and Perrin, A. (2019). [https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/22/key-findings-about-americans-declining-trust-in-government-and-each-other/ Key findings about Americans’ declining trust in government and each other]. Pew Research Center. * (Optional) Burt, R. S. (2000). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191308500220091 The network structure of social capital]. Research in Organizational Behavior, 22, 345–423. February 24 '''Class Schedule:''' * R Lab 6 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_8/power_visualization.Rmd Visualizing Power] == Week 8: Small worlds == March 1 '''Assignment Due:''' * R Lab 6 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_8/power_visualization.Rmd Visualizing Power] * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] - Just one question this week '''Lecture Video:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162338/View Small worlds video] [18:45] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_8/lecture/small_worlds.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcxZSmzPw8k The Science of Six Degrees of Separation][video][9:22] * Travers, J. and Milgram, S. (1969). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2786545 An experimental study of the small world problem]. ''Sociometry'', 32(4):425-443 * (Optional but short) Dodds, P. S., Muhamad, R., & Watts, D. J. (2003). [https://science-sciencemag-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/content/301/5634/827 An Experimental Study of Search in Global Social Networks]. ''Science'', 301(5634), 827. March 3 '''Class Schedule:''' * Introduce [[/Dutch School Data Visualization challenge|Dutch School Data Visualization Challenge]] assignment and begin working on it == Week 9: Scale-free networks and the friendship paradox == March 8 '''Assignment Due:''' * [[/Social Search Assignment|Social Search Assignment]] * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] '''Lecture Video:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162345/View Scale-free networks and the Friendship Paradox][18:21] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_9/lecture/scale_free_and_friend_paradox.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * Feld, Scott L. (1991), [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2781907 Why your friends have more friends than you do]. American Journal of Sociology, 96 (6): 1464–1477. https://doi.org/10.1086%2F229693 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP2MLp7GL7Q Early Detection of an Outbreak using the Friendship Paradox] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c867FlzxZ9Y Networks are everywhere with Albert-László Barabási] (Optional) * Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2010). Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks. PLOS ONE, 5(9), e12948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012948 March 10 '''Class Schedule:''' * [[/Six Degrees of Wikipedia Activity|Six Degrees of Wikipedia Activity]] == SPRING BREAK MARCH 15 AND MARCH 17 == == Week 10: Social influence and diffusion == March 22 '''Weekly lecture:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162346/View Social Influence and Contagion][22:12] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_10/lecture/influence_and_diffusion.html Slides]] '''Assignment Due:''' * Turn in your [[Self Assessment Reflection]] on Brightspace * [[Communication and Social Networks (Spring 2022)/Dutch School Data Visualization challenge|Dutch School Data Visualization Challenge]] * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] '''Readings:''' * Chapter 4, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20191019100528/http://everythingisobvious.com/wp-content/themes/eio/assets/EIO_chapter4.pdf Special People]", in Watts, D. J. (2011). Everything is Obvious: Once you know the answer. New York, NY: Crown Business. * [https://youtu.be/D9XF0QOzWM0 Duncan Watts on Common Sense] * [Optional] Centola, D., & Macy, M. (2007). [https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1086/521848 Complex Contagions and the Weakness of Long Ties]. American Journal of Sociology, 113(3), 702–734. * [Optional] Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2012). [https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1002/sim.5408 Social contagion theory: Examining dynamic social networks and human behavior]. Statistics in Medicine, 32, 556–577. March 24 * Troubled Lands == Week 11: Communities and Core-periphery == March 29 '''Assignment Due:''' * [[#Discussion Questions|One discussion question]] * Submit two exam questions on Brightspace '''Video Lecture:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162347/View Communities and Core-periphery] [23:15] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_11/lecture/communities_in_networks.html Slides]] '''Readings:''' * Girvan, M., & Newman, M. E. (2002). [https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/99/12/7821.full.pdf Community structure in social and biological networks]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. * Barberá, P., Wang, N., Bonneau, R., Jost, J. T., Nagler, J., Tucker, J., & González-Bailón, S. (2015). [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0143611 The critical periphery in the growth of social protests]. PLoS ONE. * (Optional) Hanneman, R. A., & Riddle, M. (2005). [http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/C11_Cliques.html Cliques and sub-groups]. In Introduction to social network methods. University of California. March 31 '''Class Schedule:''' * R Lab 7 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_11/groups_in_networks.Rmd Finding and visualizing groups in networks] (Right-click, save, and open in RStudio). == Week 12: Technology and networks == April 5 '''Assignment Due:''' * R Lab 7 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_11/groups_in_networks.Rmd Finding and visualizing groups in networks] * [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] '''Lecture Video:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162348/View Technology and networks] [19:38] '''Readings:''' * Pariser, E. [https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles Beware Online Filter Bubbles TED talk] * Fletcher, R. [https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/truth-behind-filter-bubbles-bursting-some-myths The truth behind filter bubbles: Bursting some myths]. * Bail, C. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwRm_ssTarE Should we break our echo chambers?] * Cohen, M. [https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/finding-love-the-scientific-take/202012/context-collapse Context Collapse] (Optional) * Kleinberg, J. (2012). [https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-29952-0_8 The Convergence of Social and Technological Networks]. In M. Agrawal, S. B. Cooper, & A. Li (Eds.), Theory and Applications of Models of Computation. * Chris Bail, et al. (2018). [https://www.pnas.org/content/115/37/9216 Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization]. PNAS. April 7 * Exam review == Week 13: Collective behavior == April 12 '''Assignment Due:''' * [[#Discussion Questions|One discussion question]] * Keep working on the [[Communication_and_Social_Networks_(Spring_2020)/Final_project | final project]] '''Readings:''' * Becker, J., Brackbill, D., & Centola, D. (2017). [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1615978114 Network dynamics of social influence in the wisdom of crowds]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201615978. * [https://youtu.be/sdI-b5mfjH4 Video discussion with Dr. Becker] (watch after reading paper) April 14 * Take-home exam is due ** The exam is open book and open note ** You may want to work on this [[/Practice R Exercise|Practice R Exercise]] * Do [http://ncase.me/crowds/ The Wisdom or Madness of Crowds Simulation] * Play network game? == Week 14: Networks and collaboration == April 19 '''Assignment Due:''' * 1 Discussion Question '''Lecture video:''' * [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162349/View Networks and Collaboration][17:19] '''Readings:''' * Read the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Networks Wikipedia Article about The Wealth of Networks] * Skim section two of Benkler, Y. (2002). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/1562247 Coase’s Penguin, or, Linux and "The Nature of the Firm."] The Yale Law Journal, 112(3), 369. April 21 '''Class Schedule:''' * R Lab 8 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_15/network_stats.Rmd Calculating network statistics] == Week 15: Networked racism == April 26 '''Assignment Due:''' * R Lab 8 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_15/network_stats.Rmd Calculating network statistics] * Rough draft of [[/Final project|Final Project]] on Brightspace and sent to your "peers" '''Readings:''' * Fernandez, R. M., & Fernandez-Mateo, I. (2006). [https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/000312240607100103 Networks, Race, and Hiring]. American Sociological Review, 71(1), 42–71. '''Read the introduction (pp. 42–47) and the Summary and Conclusion (pp. 65–67)''' * Sunstein, C. R. (1991). Why markets don’t stop discrimination. Social Philosophy and Policy, 8(02), 22–37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500001114 April 28 No class - work on Final Project * (Optional) [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_16/advanced_visualizations.Rmd Advanced network visualizations in R] == Finals week == '''Assignment Due:''' * [[Communication and Social Networks (Spring 2022)/Final project|Final Project]] - Due Wednesday, May 4 * Turn in your [[Final self reflection]] on Brightspace <!-- Bikerack == Week 16: Network Visualization Principles == December 7 '''Assignment Due:''' * Peer feedback on final project '''Class Schedule:''' * Review principles of good network visualizations ** Put examples at https://padlet.com/jdfoote1/networks (I will explain in class) * Work on final projects December 9 No class - work on Final Project * Skim [https://kateto.net/network-visualization Static and dynamic network visualization with R] by Katya Ognyanova * Show family networks * Introduction to RStudio ** R files - Download [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/master/activities/r_example.R example file here]. ** R Notebook files - Download [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/master/activities/r_markdown_example.Rmd example file here]. * Start [https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/network-analysis-in-r/ Network Analysis in R], chapter 1 * Use R to create an accurate network image of the family network you created for Homework #3. Include node labels for each family member. ** If you get stuck, [https://youtu.be/isBm5RTslow this video] may help. ** Use [https://kateto.net/network-visualization Static and dynamic network visualization with R] to figure out how to make it look nice! * Troubled Lands Activity * Answer questions about DataCamp * Review principles of good network visualizations * Find and assess networks visualizations ([https://padlet.com/jdfoote1/networks padlet is here]) * Begin visualization challenge ** Right click on [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/activities/network_visualization_examples_and_assignment.Rmd THIS LINK], save it, and open it in RStudio. * [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_10/lecture/ Slides] * [https://youtu.be/5EOHaU_R94o Weekly lecture] on social influence and network diffusion * [https://youtu.be/sdI-b5mfjH4 Interview with Josh Becker] (skim his article below first). * [https://youtu.be/d3C2r7gPfBU Great video about homophily in networks] * [https://youtu.be/MzA12DkQGBw Answering questions about R] * [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/activities/school_data_example.Rmd Example with code for the Dutch School assignment] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prCmVEUTxQE Video explaining my example] * [https://youtu.be/mOtVC0N-ItA Networks in Organizations lecture] -->
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